Students in this course will
learn about the theories of organization that guide managers as they manage
organizations to adjust to environmental demands. Problems of multinational
management, interaction with government regulators and the problems of managing
non-profit environmental groups will be addressed. Although the course focuses
on environmental problems, students will develop a general ability to diagnosis
managerial problems in organizations and formulate solutions.

Course Requirements:

There will be a midterm, a final,
and two group case presentations. You will also be graded on class participation.

Oral Case Analyses:

Students will be divided into
teams and will present one 20-minute analysis of a case to the class and one
10 minute research report. Those presenting an oral case will be given a
group grade. Here are the presentation guidelines
for the case analysis. Group members will evaluate each other using this peer
evaluation form.

Students will also do a brief 10 minute research report. Here
are the guidelines and questions for each group. I will leave it up to the
group to allocate work for this project. At the end of the project, however,
group members will evaluate each other using the peer evaluation form.

There is a set of cases available
in the bookstore in a packet with a red cover. The cases are in order in the
packet as below. You will be assigned to groups to present a case. Each group
will do an oral presentations of a maximum of 20 minutes on a case.

Case 1: Amanco: Developing the
Sustainability Scorecard

Case 2: Timberland: Commerce
and Justice

Case 3: 3M: Negotiating Air Pollution
Credits (A,B,C)

Case 4: Wal-Mart's Sustainability
Strategy

Case 5: Forest Stewardship Council

Case 6: AES Honeycomb (A)

Case 7: Montana Land Reliance

READINGS

There are two articles to be
read and discussed in class. They is available in the library, or on our online
databases:

There
are a large number of environmental regulations. We will concentrate on a
set of major national laws. There are other laws that we will not consider
due to time constraints, such as The Endangered Species Act.